What the Assassination of the Russian Ambassador May Be Telling Us about Erdoğan’s Turkey
The assassination of the Russian Ambassador to Turkey in an Ankara art gallery on December 19 was a dramatic...
A Nation Must Think Before it Acts
What the Assassination of the Russian Ambassador May Be Telling Us about Erdoğan’s Turkey
A nation must think before it acts.
Iran
The Jihadi Threat: ISIS, al-Qaeda, and Beyond
United States Institute of Peace & Wilson Center Jihadism has evolved dramatically and traumatically since the 9/11 attacks. Movements,...
Donald Trump’s Excellent Middle East Adventure
Auguste Comte once asserted that intellectual confusion lay at the basis of every historical crisis. Whatever Comte’s own confusions...
The U.S.-Russia Relationship: Trump Can’t Fix It, but He Can’t Break It, Either
Over the past several months, much has been made of President-elect Donald Trump’s attitude toward and connections with Russia...
Primer on the Alawites in Syria
The Syrian conflict has captured the attention of the world. Currently, at least 470,000 Syrians have been killed, and...
8 Foreign Policy Questions Trump Needs to Ask
President-elect Donald Trump is in the midst of selecting his national security team. He not only needs to decide...
Conference Report – New Dawn: Russia and the West after the U.S. Presidential Elections
On Thursday, November 3, 2016, FPRI co-sponsored a conference, New Dawn: Russia and the West after the U.S. Presidential...
Suspend the Iran Nuclear Agreement, Mr. Trump
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was quick to warn President-elect Donald Trump that the United States is "duty-bound...
Searching for a Trump Grand Strategy
During his Presidential campaign, Donald J. Trump continuously emphasized several themes: the United States was on the “losing” end...
Russia Sets Out to Bring the Middle East Under New Order
Yale Global Online NEW HAVEN: The image of the Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov steaming through the English Channel,...